Vitamin D: Some perspective please

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 345, Issue 7869, 2012, Pages

  Harvey, Nicholas C ^a   Cooper, Cyrus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIFEDIOL; CALCITRIOL; PARATHYROID HORMONE; VITAMIN D;

BLOUNT DISEASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG SAFETY; EDITORIAL; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FOLLOW UP; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REFERENCE VALUE; RICKETS; SLIPPED CAPITAL FEMORAL EPIPHYSIS; TREATMENT DURATION; UNITED KINGDOM; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; BLOOD; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FEMALE; PREGNANCY; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; VITAMIN D; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

EID: 84864879997     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.e4695     Document Type: Editorial

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